Online collaboration has allowed companies to leapfrog their competition. But how do they avoid risk? This paper explores options for high-productivity collaboration supporting security and compliance. Must reading for anyone interested in strategic IT and compliance!

Many companies think of their accounts payable (AP) department as a transactional function—it’s essential to your operation, but too often it’s weighed down with people-heavy paper processes. If your AP department is focused on data entry and resolving escalations, you’re missing a valuable business opportunity.

Whether you’re looking to make your first eProcurement purchase or expanding technology usage across the full range of spend management process, the Forrester Wave: eProcurement Report identifies leading eProcurement solutions.

By 2018, one third of the top 20 market share leaders will be significantly disrupted by new competitors with new offerings, new business models and new cost structures (International Data Corporation).

This report explores how, using cloud and analytics, finance leaders can leapfrog a few generations of technology and offer mature analytical feature/functionality and skills to the entire organization.

Nearly all store sales will be influenced by digital in 2020, and the retailer of the future will excel at orchestrating core processes in the maze of near-infinite purchase paths available to ever-more discerning consumers. Digital transformation will impact all areas of retail business processes as retailers seek new ways to reach consumers while maximizing efficiencies within their own operations. Automation, speed, and contextually driven decisions will create opportunities for retailers and help transform relationships with their suppliers, consumers, and employees. Learn more about how digital transformation is impacting the retail industry. Download a complimentary copy of the Retail in a Digital World white paper.

Carla Wolffe, senior business analyst at Elevations Credit Union, discusses how Elevations Credit Union has transformed their organizational performance, reducing the average time to fund a home equity loan by 61% and increasing the number of loans each underwriter handles by 71%. By modelling, analyzing, and improving their existing processes, Elevation has been able to drive out their inefficiencies and increase their revenues by delighting their customers.
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This research suggests that companies must urgently upgrade their competence in respect to the latest technologies if they are to meet learners' most basic expectations for a modern learning experience.